Means of spring-supporting vehicle-frames from their axles.



A. A. REMINGTON.

MEANS 0F SPRING SUPPORTlNG VEHICLE FRAMES FROM THEIR AXLES. APPLICATloNFILED Nov. 21. |914.

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ALFRED RNOLD REMINGTON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

MEANS OF SPRING-SUPPORTIN G VEHICLE-FRAMES FROM THEIR AXLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. 4imonum-aug. 3, 1915.

Applicationled November 211914. Serial N o. y873,279.

and claimed in the' specification of an in-.

vention for which I have applied for Letters Patent ofthe United Statesunder SerialA Number 709,411.

According to the present invention, a transverse bar is carried inbearings of the vehicle frame, and cantaliver springs, in positions, asseen in plan view, outside the sides of the iframe, respectively, areeach fixed at one end to such bar andat its other end each is connectedwith the corresponding axle; and the tendency of the transverse "bar toturn in its bearings, due to the tendency of these springs to yieldunder vertical movements of the body in relation to the axle when thevehicle is running in a straight course, is elastically resisted byseparate means which connect the transverse bar with the said frame,'andare arranged, as seen in planfview, between the sides ot the frame. Theeantaliver springs'do not extend substantially beyond the transverse baratthe side 'thereof which is the more remote from the correspondingaxle, and consequently a clearer space is left at the outside of theframe, between the front and back wheels, than if the springs wereof'the kind described in the said prior specifica--v tion. v A practicalapplication of the invention is shown by the drawings herewith, ofwhich:-

Figure l is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan view.

G is a transverse bar which is carried in bearings g of the sides A ofthe vehicle frame, and projects at each end beyond the sides of suchframe.

F F are cantaliver springs of the laminated plate type, which are fixedattheir inner ends to the opposite ends, respectively, of the bar G, and-are connected at their other ends with the axle case C. A spring arm His fixed at one end to the 4foar G in position, vas seen in plan view,between the sides of the frame, and at its other end is connected with abracket M of a transverse member A of the frame, through the medium of'alink N.

Having fully described my invention, what I vclaim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. For spring supporting a vehicle'frame from an axle thereof, bearingsof said frame, a transverse bar which is carried in said bearings andprojects at eachend beyond the sides of said frame, cantaliver springsfixed at their endsin one'direction to the projecting ends respectively,of said bar and connected at their otherh ends with said axle, andelastic means arranged between the sides of said frame and connectingsaid bar and said frame. A

2. For'v spring supporting a vehicle frame from an axle thereof,bearings of said frame,

`a transverse bar which. is carried in said bearings and projects ateach end beyond the sides of said frame, cantaliverfsprings fixed attheir ends -in one direction to the projecting ends respectively of saidbar and connected at their other 'ends with said axle, and a spring armdisposed between the sides of said frame and having one end fixed tosaid bar and the other end connected with a transverse member of saidframe.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 'my name this 6th day ofNovember, 1914, in

the presence 'of two subscribing witnesses. i i ALFRED ARNOLD REMINGTON,

Witnesses:

ERNEST HARKER, ROBERT G. Gnovns.

